Gavin Maxwell's story, adapted by star Bill Travers and the director. Who's Jack Couffer? He was an animal / nature nut who after the war joined a class led by Slavko Vorkapich, where he collaborated on a project with Conrad Hall! This led to working at Disney as a cameraman. After this, he ended up living in Africa, where he worked on the second unit of The Ghost in the Darkness and Out of Africa.
Beautifully photographed by Wolfgang Suschitsky with the most mobile of camera operators in Mike Dodds. Lovely music too - Frank Cordell - not just in the main theme but also Mij's theme, played on an oboe, is just perfect. Edited by Reginald Mills.
Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna were a real life couple.
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| Not another fucking bus! It's another Bedford, the 1955 SB |
And not much more can I tell you, other than it's absolutely delightful.
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